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Harare Cremation Memorial

  • Country Zimbabwe
  • Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: -17.84815, Longitude: 31.03867

Location information

From Unity Square (town centre) proceed 200 metres on 2nd Street and turn right into Jason Moyo Avenue. Proceed for 2 kilometres keeping to the right, and turn left at the lights into Rotten Row. Proceed for a further 2 kilometres, passing over a large flyover. At the crossroads turn right and the entrance to the Cemetery will be found 200 metres further along on the right. The two war grave plots are each marked by a Cross of Sacrifice. The Harare Cremation Memorial is within the European Plot of Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery. It commemorates a single Royal Air Force casualty of the Second World War and is in the form of a headstone situated in the main CWGC plot, next to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

The main municipal cemetery (Mbare West Cemetery) is signposted. The main entrance is on Remembrance Drive. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) sections are not signposted. The African Section, with the Harare Memorial, is located approximately 150 metres from the main entrance, near the centre of the cemetery. The European Section, with the Harare Cremation Memorial, is located towards the top right-hand corner of the cemetery, approximately 300 metres from the main entrance.

PARKING

There is no car park at the cemetery.

It is possible to drive around the municipal cemetery and to a point close to the CWGC sections where is possible to park, approximately 3 metres from the entrances to the CWGC sections.

The ground is flat and firm, the ground surface is a mixture of scrubland, gravel, and sand.

There are two separate plots in the Cemetery; the European Section and the African Section, both with a Cross of Sacrifice.

ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

European Section

The plot is rectangular shaped.

There is a cobbled pathway adjacent to the road. Three steps lead down into the plot at the far end, and a paved ramp slopes down into the burial area near the beginning of the pathway.

The Cross of Sacrifice is in the centre of the cemetery.

The Harare Cremation Memorial is located near the Cross of Sacrifice.

There are seating areas with stone benches facing the Cross of Sacrifice.

All the internal cemetery paths are grass, the ground is firm and flat.

African Section

The plot is accessed directly from the track running adjacent to the plot.

The Harare Memorial is located at the head of the cemetery, near the Cross of Sacrifice.

All the internal cemetery paths are grass, the ground is firm and flat.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The cemetery is open during working hours, Monday to Friday 0600 hrs to 1800 hrs.

Outside of the working hours, the cemetery gates are closed and padlocked.